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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
SHERIFF MATsoN INTERVIEWED.
lie is Worn and Haggerd. He is Satisfied
With the Result--N0 Fear of Trouble.

He is Worn and HasgGrd. He is Satisfied
With the ResuIt-No Fear of Trouble.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-Sherif Matsou sat
in his private office this evening very
pale, and dark rings beneath his eyes
showed that he was worn out with think
ing, worry, excitement and hard work.
He leaned back in his easy chair and
rested his feet on another seat il. front
of him as he surveyed the Autograph of
rs Sioux Indians being executed at one
time, which occurred in 1862. -Four at
one time is enough" he remarked, as he
laid down the picture. "You look tired
remarked the reporter.
"Well, do not deceive my looks them
he replied. 81 have slept but little this
week and rot at all last night"
"Are you satisfied with the result of
the duty imposed upon your"
"Yes, / think the execution passed OF
as we'll as an unpl. asant thing like that
could. 1t is always a sad job for an
official to perform but with healthy
moral public sentiment behind him an
officer feels strong in doing his duty.
had no fears that there would be troub-
lie. The police aided me greatly, the ar
Setback this morning being admirable,
and too much credit cannot be given them
and their efficient force. did all | could
to have the thing carried out decently
and in order. and think we succeeded
fairly we'll. There was not crowd in the
| jail, and very few curiosity seekers. The
| Jury was of business men, and outside OF
these and few first class physicians who
were present for scientific purposes
there were only the representatives OF
the press.
do you take any significant meaning
| from the last words of the doomed
menY"
''No, do not" replied the sheriff. He
sat still minute thinking of tie broker
sentence of Parsons as the drop fell, anc
! then said: "With TIE strained public
sentiment did cot not deem il expedi
ent 20 haze the men make long speeches
at that time. OF course 1t is
customary and is believed
! that a man can talk as much as he please'
on the scaffold, but there Is no Law
authorizing it, and | deemed it best mo-
to allow it. Ii seemed to zee that 1t would
only lead to excitement. There had beer
no understanding that they would b'
allowed TO talk from the scaffold, but OF
the contrary az we we're going to the gal
lows, l was told by DR.. Bolton that the.
did not want to as they had written
great deal to be printed"
"Do you apprehend that there will b.
any trouble at the funeralfh
"No, do not; ] think that the bette
Judgment OF the friends Of the unfortun
ate men will prevail, and that nothing
will be done TO cause repetition of to
days work"
"Why was the execution delayed from /
to u o'clock"
Merely to give the meE all the chanc
to escape their doom that there was.
was my intention, yesterday, to have tn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
MATSoN'S SOLEMN DECLARATION.

He Did His Full DutyIhe Jury Attest 1t.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE following Is
Sheriff Matson's official declaration: II,
sheriff of Cook county, Illinois, do here
by certify that on the 18th day of No
vember, A. d. 1887, between the hours of
10 o'clock in the forenoon and O'Clock
in the afternoon of that day, at 1867
o'clock In the forenoon of said day, IN
the common Jail of said county, l did as
said sheriff. duly execute August Spies,
Adolph Fischer, George Engel and AL
bert Il. Parsons, in conformity with
the sentence of the criminal court of the
said county of Cook, in pursuance of the
order and judgment of the supreme court
of Illinois, for the northern grand div
ision, made and entered on the record on
the 14th day of September, 1887, and IN
accordance with the statutes of the state
of Illinois in such cases made and pro-
vided. (Signed,)
CANUTE h. MATsoN.
ave, the undersigned, who are not rel
atives of the above named August Spies
or others, hereby certify that we have
witnessed the execution by hanging OF
the said August Spies and others, in the
above certificates set forth"
The signatures of the twelve Chicago
citizens are appended to the solemn dec
larations to she above, and with them
form the essential public record of the
death of the haymarket murierers,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
Cows and Cattle.
Live stock Journal

Avoid swamp pastures; be careful
against contact with travelling herds;
never admit drover's herd to the pas
ture where the cows and cattle run. Tex
as fever is prevalent among these herds,
and losses are quite frequent Just now.
II any animal dies OF disease let the hide
be buried deeply with it. Men have per-
ished miserably from email scratches
received in skining dead cattle. Give
young cattle few doses OF the common
mixture of sulphur and molasses: Equal
parts of sulphur and cream of tartar and
two parts of molasses are an excellent
tonic for young cattle. On the first APP
pearance of disease seek advice, or give a
pound of Epson salts to an or or COW
and four ounces to a calf. Avoid all nos
trums, as saltpeter, wood ashes, SCOT, ETC.,
etc. Oxen lame in the feet should be put
in clean stall; the feet should be wash
cd and dressed with carbolated cosmo.
line. Don't let COWS fall off in milk.
When pastures fail, go to the corn field
Especially keep calves growing aud In
foil vigor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
Scall on P0tatoee.



S. ". Ferel, of Oconto, Wis, claims that
scab on potatoes is not caused by any fun
gus, but by the ammonia Of strong ma
nure OF any kind, hen manure being the
worst, and next to that dnrolled COW or
horse mGaIre. We could hardly agree
with this opinion of the one of horse ma
nure. We have always had good success
with the use of horse manure, and per-
fer il 20 most other kinds. There Is lit
tie denial however, but that the use Of
fresh COW manure is poorly calculated to
secure a satisfactory crop, for the reason,
among other things, that II tends to cause
delay OF the tubere. So far as hen ma
nure is concerned, we have used 1t, but
never had occasion 10 attribute any spec.
| ial degree OF scabbiness to its use. II
there be one thing that will induce Il
more than another it ia planting the
second time upon the same ground
Ashes are highly recommended for pota.
toes, bat in all our practice VIC have never
discovered any evidence of their superiotl
over other kinds uf fertilizers. As gooS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

under the right side of the neck and
pressed in. Spies died BY straueula-
ton" he said, shortly. "the neck is not
broken" Instantly the cap was replaced
and the cover OF the coffin was screwed
down.
Lingg's and Engsl's bodies were taken
to Undertaken Fred Klaner, 1877 Milwau-
kee avenue, and the other three to 426
Milwaukee avenue. From there they will
be taken to their old homes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
APPLE JAM.

Peel and core the apples, and cut them
in thin slices; then put them into pre-
serving pan or enameled saucepan, and
to every pound of fruit adj q OF pound
of white sugar, broken small and put in,
tied up in piece of coarse muslin a few
cloves, small piece of ginger, aud the
rind of lennon very thin; stir with a
wooden spoon on quick Are for twenty
minutes or longer. if the apples be
juicy, when sufficiently boiled the jam
will cling TO the spoon. Remove the
cloves, etc, and put the jam into jam
pots, and when quite cold tie them down
with thick paper or bladder. TO be kept
in cool, dry place.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

success as We have ever had in growing
potatoes was dropping the seed in the
furrow, covering thickly with partially
rotton buokwheat straw and then cover
ing with earth; the potatoes we're large,
smooth and clean as though they had
been washed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
- Extinct six Minutes After the
nan Fell. The Last Hours Spent.
.,ond Incidents Inside the County
Jail and on the Streets.
THE HANGING

!. n..th Warrant Delivered to Chief Deputy
Gleason.
CHICAGO. Nov. 1.-The death warrant
aaicially delivered to Chief Deputy
w. s,'., NON on board the o'clock tram from
CS ssSO,ef at Twenty-second street, this
Pm a.n;ng. by Robert Oglesby, the COVER
- son. and private secretary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
Bows who Use Tobacco

The Rev. III. Il. Foss, Of Bath, Me-, who
is on preaching crusade against tobacco,
collected some interesting siatistics. He
save that in Bath alone $4,000 is spent
each wear for tobacco; that of yenty one
bows in one grammar schoo forty had
ussd tobacco; that in smalle school fif-
teen Of the thirty three boys were similar
~ deprayed; that among $50 other gram
mar schools boys were ll9 who had learn
cd 10 chew or smoke or both, and thatin one
primary class Of twenty-four, eight lit
tie fellow, just out of dresses, were as nn-
like little Robert Reed as possible, and
used the filthy weed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
Biographical Sketches.
AUGUST SPIES.

August Vincent Theodore Spies (pro-
nounced Spees) was born in Landeck,
Hesse, in 1856. Spies came to America
in 1872 and to Chicago in 1873, where for
a number of years he worked as an up
holsterer. He first became interested in
socialistic theories in 1876. He became
connected with the Arbeiter Zeitung-a
rabid, red-hot anarchist sheet-in 1880.
He succeeded Paul Grottkau as editor-in-
chief in 1884. Everybody remembers the
attachment that sprung up between him
and Miss Nina Van Zandt daring the trial
and which resulted in their marriage by
proxy" Spies is credited with being the
brains of the movement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

The Preserving Eject of Tar and Petroleum.
Gas tar has been good thing in pre-
serving all kinds of wood at tho Io-a
agricultural college, since the spring of
1882. The same may be said Of petrole-
uDl and tar together. Petroleum alone
seemed TO have little or no effect; as many
posts treated with this application went
down as whore nothing had been
applied. Tar applied alone makes
better showing than where poats were
tarred after being painted with pc
troleum. Posts painted frat and then
tarred did not absorb the tar. y merely
formed a coating on the outside OF tho
petroleum and was constantly scaled off
When the implanted post was immersed
in the boiling tar, IL was observed that
the tar had penetrated the wood one
eighth or one-fourth OF aG inch, thus
forming a coat that could not scale.
Petroleum did no good when applied
alone, and harm when preceding the use
OF tar. Tarring is estimating to cost 20
per post. just how many years IL viii
lengthen the time of usefulness of post
each of the different kinds of wood would
be of interest could sufficient data be
collected TO show. Only estimates from
appearances of posts can be given of
how loLg they will stand Eastwood
posts will not last on an average more
than ~ years if they have merely been
cut and cured before setting. Tar will
probably not make them average more
than year longer. The soft maple posts
are all gone, and are evidently the poor
est OF all kinds used. Tho use Of tar will
preserve white willow on an average OF
five years, while without tar they will
average but three or four, as indicated
by the posts here observed. Tar sesms
70 Re OF great use in preserving posts,
and will, doubtless be of greatest value
ia preserving good woods, rather than
in increasing the length OF time the poor
posts will stand. The experiment rather
proves that the cost is greater than the
profit where the application is 10 bass
wood and willow. What the proht Will be
shown TO be in the case of cedar and OAK
posts, not enough time has elapsed n
yet TO indicate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
PEAR MARMAnADE.

Peal and cut some pears and macerate
them twenty four hours, with three-quart-
ers of pound of white sugar to every
pound of FRAT. Boil them an hour al
most, adding the juice and thin yellow
peal of lemons TO taste. The lemon peel
should be cut very small and be cut from
fresh lemons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

Ethel and Egbert we're bidding each
other good-by the other evening, when
the draft from the open front door blew
the hall light out, and left the two young
people in sudden darkness.
"Weren't You swfully afraid" asked
Ethel's dearest, next day, when Ethel wa
telling the story, ito be left alone IN th'
dark like thaty"
eyes, dear, / was" confessed Ethe
frankly. "Egbert is quite bashftl, yoI
know. and was afraid he wouldn't So
how perfectly helpless was"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
THEHoUSERoLD
CANNED PUMPKIN.

Peel, scrape the pulps and seeds, cut
in small pieces, put in e.fitting
steamer and boil two hours. Then put
in kettle; to every quart add two ounces
of sugar; boil five minutes and seal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
Sauashes with Potatoes

A LaSalle County Qnl correspondent
of the Prairie Farmer writes; Last
spring planted about three acres of
early potatoes. They came up better
than those OF most of my neighbors, but
on account of the drouth some hills
missed. AT the first hoeing, whenever l
came TO a blank hill (unless they were too
near together), put in q few squash
seeds. The only trouble they coat me
was the planting, one hoeing and the
gathering. September "a | obtained o
heaping two horse wagon box full of
squashes from these vines not less than
thirty five bushels. Owing TO the ex-
tremo dryness of the season no squashes
set until after the August rains. This
caused light crop, and about half of the
squashes are too green for cooking pur-
poses, but the green ones are worth twice
as much for stock feed as the whole lot
cost. would recommend in planting ear
ly potatoes to set out three rows entire;
in the fourth plant three hills, and skip
three. When the potatoes are up so the
blank spaces can be seen, plant squash
seeds in the vacant spaces. Any kind of
squash or pumpkin seed will do, but |
prefer the perfect gem squash to all 9th
ers for this purpose, IA the vines do not
fairly begin to run until the potatoes are
ripe, thus allowing the harvesting OF the
whole crop, and the cultivating of the
land before the squashes cover the
ground But the potatoes need not be
dug until after the frost comes, unless
so desired, and the squash vines will coy
er the ground, and thus prevent the usual
growth of weeds, which always covers q
patch of unharvested potatoes. Ii there
is no market for such produce they are
worth vastly more than their cost for
stock feed. | would never raise SO uashes
with field corn; you can raise more of
each by growing on separate land. But
squashes may be profitably grown among
sweet, or any early variety of corn, by
planting them every third row, and cut
ting up the corn as soon as IL is past the
roasting ear stage. Plaster of Paris, or
land plaster, mixed with Paris green, at
the rate of 100 to |, will protect all kinds
of squash or melon vines from bugs, IL
busted on.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

lea, and soon located in Chicago, where
he joined the Liberal league in 1850; there
he met Spies and Parsons, and grew
RAPIDLY into anarchial views. Save him
and Parsons, al the condemned are Ger
mans.
MICHAEL scHwAB.
Michael Sehwab is native of Man
helm. Germany was born in 1858, and was
educated in a convent. Coming TO
America in 1879, he worked for time at
the bookbinders trade. He became CON
nected with the Arbeiter Zeitung about
the same time as Spies.
GEoRdE ENGEL.
George Engel was born in Cassel, Ger
many, in 1886. He received common
| school education and learned the printers
trade. He came to America in 1873, and
year later to Chicago, where he became
a convert to socialism and later rabid
anarchist. He founded the celebrated
northwest group in 1888.
LOUIS LINGO.
Louis Lingg, who was convicted OF
having made TIE bombs, was but % years
old and could not speak English. He Is
said to have been expelled from Germa-
ny, where he was born, for conspiracy.
He received a common school education
in his native country. About three years
ago he came to America, and soon after
to Chicago, where he at once became
identified with the anarchists. He was q
natural born devil.
ADoIPn FISCHER
Adolph Fischer, who is about 30 years
old, came to this country from Germany
when a boy, and learned the printers
trade with his brother, who was editor of
German weekly at Nashville, Tenn. For
sever years Fischer was editor and pro
prietor of the Little Rock ark Stats
Zeitung. his he sold in 81, and since then
has worked at his trade in st. Louis and
Chicago. Since coming to Chicago he has
| been most rabis anarchist, and has
often accused Spies and Schwab of being
| half hearted and OF not having the cour-
age of their convictions. He, like Engel,
believed they were not radical enough
At one time he, with Engel and Fehling'
started Per Anarchist, a fire eating week
ly designed 70 supplant the Arbeiter
Zetiupg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
anarchy is THROTTLED'

.ho rconminious Death of Four Of
,reh.Ieaders on the Gallows.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
'''z ut pown-Lngg and Engel's to
iastn % their old Homes

'''S ut poWn-Lingg and Engel's to be
Taken TO their old Homes
o. s.,'01ao' Nov. 1.-THE bodies were
h. ,'' ,s. at Fps, after having been hang
os..N ll''y minutes. The coffins-plain
,Is,ss painted dark brown, with silver
5odie. se.s's ---were placed under the
593v r aSfoss short wooden horses. Spies
loq.,s II lae first TO be taken down and
o,s.t ta into the coffin. The white can
a,as 5i... a,s head was drawn up some
iops s; 9t- exposing his neek With the
stb g, sLtsasd around the skin. II was
i9o.s5a55 a' difficulty that the moose was
agsi1, -, !! deputy. After much
salts can ~ w.. anot was slipped and the
s9ysrs5 ~; vas taken off. Spies face was
Is u05.s =. =. greasy perspiration and
soasvs.aa sas open, showing his teeth
siseolo,.s -.seoiored. The face was no,
IL ss.s - and the moose left no mark on
lewis placed his finger
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
Parsons Dies Instantly-The Others Strange


PARSONS Dies lnstantly-The Others Strange
Spies Struggles Convulsively.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE drop fell at
I1o56' From the first step of Spies
lp0n the scaffuld, until the cutting of the
rope precisely six minutes and three
seconds had elapsed. For moment after
ae drop had fallen not soul stirred. A
NV mormur like pent.up sigh of re-
lsl went through the corridor. Then as
moved by one common impulse, every
-au rose to his feet and every eye was
n5t'ed upon the body of Spies. The
.., anarchist was dying hard. His legs
~ arms moved convUlsiveiy, with ex-
'sV'alnary rapidity. 1t was as though
y were alive and conscious, struggling
@Hes himself from the cords that bound
- 80. MS whole frame was agitated by a
5.''elIhg tremor. Low groens of hor-
w came from many lips and the express
~. ',yn hes dying hard" was heard on all
ri. '.aes' his continued for over q
Il'uu'e' an hour 1t seemed to be, and then
~. 9'iu ggles grew fainter and fainter,
~ 'nsy hnally ceased. The bodies of
50 ana Fischer were motionless for a
So atter the drop, save for the
ss'us TO and fro. Then Fischer's
.t ~ rev up and down and there was
, ,s-,..'lye movement in his arms. Eugel's
J. SEE were brief. Parsons alone die d
, S -Jusa his heart had been pierced by
T.s. -''e'' de came down like a log.
Iva, 80 vas not witch. Not a single
,,.tlet,ion OF the muscles. His neck
,b. o'OAeh instantly. All three of the
'ssth slowly strangled TO
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

Albert r. Parsons is the only native
mong the condemned men. Born in Ala
bama in 1S4S and early left an orphan,
he was reared by his brother, who was
afterwards the noted Confederate gen
eral, w. H. Parsons. He served in the
Confederate artillery when but IA years
old but after the war he became re
publican, and in 1872 married woman
suspected of having negro blood in her
veins" for which his brother disowned
him. Before this he had been first a
printer on the Galveston TEX News and
late editor of the Waco TEX Spectator.
Because of this marriage he
was obliged to leave Texas, and
locating in Chicago he worked in
various printing Offices, but after time
became a professional labor agitator;
was at one time master workman of dis
trict assembly "a, Knights of Labor, and
was president of the trades assembly
for three years. He was nominated for
the presidency by the socialistic party in
1880, but declined, as he was not then 81
years of age. In 1888, at Pittsburg, be
helped frame the platform of the inter
national working peoples association
he was named for city clerk of Chicago
by the socialists in 1853, and became edi
tor of The Alarm, the organ of the
American group" year later.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

r,,.ber, Spies, Engcl and Parsons Die
Three StraHgle TO Death.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
oRArap pINrArrLn raEsxnvns.

Peel them carefully; cut out the eyes,
then weigh them: to each pound, three
quarters of pound of sugar. Crate the
pineapple on sharp crater; put all in
the skillet together and let boil until the
juice is thick and olear; don't add any
water to them, but save all the juice as
you CRATE them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17
SAMUEL FIELDEs.

Samuel Fielden was born in Todmor-
den, Lancashire, England, In 1s47 He
grew up to be laborer and Methodist
field preacher. In 1868 he came to Amer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-11-17

Ticket Agents Sonny, how old are
yerf
Fifteen year-old Boy-Where do yer
meanY On ther railroad or ter homer